We are pleased to announce the initiation of the annual Antibodies Awards. We will be offering one Travel Award for postdoc or PhD student involved in antibodies and antigens fields to attend a professional conference in 2020.

Eligibility:

– The candidate must be enrolled as a full-time PhD student or a post-doctoral researcher (10 years or less since earning the PhD).
– The candidate must be registered to attend and present an oral talk or poster at an international antibodies conference/congress.

Application Requirements:

– Submit a resume/CV,
– The nominee should include a brief summary (one page) of their research interests, accomplishments, and expected benefits from attending the conference/congress.
– A letter of support from their supervisor is required and should include: a. Confirmation that the nominee is a PhD or post-doctoral student, describe the overall strengths of the candidate and eligibility for the travel award; and confirm that they will present an oral talk/poster at the conference. b. Relevance and expected benefits of the nominee's attendance at the conference.
– The entire application package should be submitted as a PDF file.

The Award will consist of 800 Swiss Francs (CHF). Please apply online (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/antibodies/awards) before 15 February 2020. The winner will be announced by the end of February 2020.

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the editorial office, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Antibodies Travel Awards for 2019: The Travel Awards Prize (800 CHF) goes to Dr. Annika Frede, Post-doctoral Fellow at the Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (in the laboratory of Dr. Eduardo Villablanca).

Additionally, Dr. Carly May Bliss, Mr. Manuel Matos, and Mr. Ian Setliff were awarded Excellent Young Researcher certificates. Congratulations to the winners of this very competitive travel award.

The competition for the 2020 travel awards will be opened in early October 2019. Please check www.mdpi.com/journal/antibodies for more information closer to this date.

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Antibodies editorial office, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Antibodies Travel Awards for 2018:

The first Travel Awards Prize (800 CHF) goes to Carlos Castrillon, PhD student at the Institut Pasteur, Paris, France (laboratory of Dr. Pierre Bruhns). The second Travel Awards Prize (600 CHF) goes to Dr. Veronika Chromikova, Post-doctoral fellow at Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA (laboratory of Professor Dr. Florian Krammer). The Third Travel Awards Prize goes to Mr. Min Shen, PhD student at Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA (laboratory of Professor Dr. James F. Rusling). Mr. Carlos Castrillon’s research focuses on single-cell bioassays based on droplet microfluidics. Dr. Veronika Chromikova’s research deals with the recombinant production of monoclonal IgMs, using CHO DG44 and HEK 293 cell lines. Dr. Min Shen’s current research focuses on the accurate profiling of the IgE antibody repertoire in individuals exposed to allergens such as peanuts.

Additionally, Ms. Marieke Heineke, Dr. Minkyo Song and Dr. CandaceBever were awarded Excellent Young Researcher certificates.

Congratulations to the winners of this very competitive travel award. I would like to thank the committee members for their contribution. They are Prof. Mark Cragg, Antibody and Vaccine Group, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; Dr. Jeanette H.W. Leusen, Laboratory for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Prof. Dr. Tianlei Ying, Antibody Engineering and Drug Discovery Group, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Prof. Dr. Dimiter S. Dimitrov, director of Center for Antibody Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

The competition for the 2019 travel awards will be opened in early October 2018. Please check www.mdpi.com/journal/antibodies for more information closer to this date.

Dear Colleagues,

Ms. Yanling Wu (Fudan University, Shanghai) and Mr. Mark Bailey (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York) are the recipients of the 2017 Antibodies Travel Award for excellence in antibody research by graduate students or postdoctoral fellows; the Award will be used to participate in an antibody related conference. Both students have already coauthored several excellent articles and have conducted outstanding research in the antibody field. They plan to attend an antibody engineering and therapeutic meeting, and a vaccine meeting, respectively.

I congratulate the recipients of this year’s Award and wish them every success in their research.

I would like to thank the Selection Committee members Dr. Nathalie Scholler and Dr. R. James Christie for their valuable time in evaluating the candidates.

Dr. Dimiter Dimitrov,
Editor-in-Chief